Monday 6th October – Darlington Auction Mart had forward:
56 Cast Cows sold to 386ppk & £3797
3 Cast Bulls sold to 306ppk & £3381
14 Cows & Calves sold to £4000
4 Store Bulls sold to £1500
67 Store Steers sold to £2260
74 Store Heifers sold to £2330
91 Rearing Calves sold to £770
548 Feeding Sheep sold to £195
1503 Store Lambs sold to £170
Cast Cows – A rather mixed show of Cows forward, returning an average of 266ppk & £1654. AC Simpson & Son, McNeil Farm were streets ahead for the top slot, with one of his trio of girls just over a tonne in weight selling for a spectacular 368ppk and grossing at an unbelievable £3797 resulting in an incredible average of 358ppk & £3148 for the three. Thompsons of Softley Farm sold the top grossing Dairy Cow, a Friesian at 248ppk & £1850, whilst JR&JA Wharton, Segbushwell claimed the top slot for ppk, also with a Friesian, selling for 288ppk & £1676. The top price ppk Native was an Angus, sold by JV Hodgson & Son, Piercebridge Farm selling for 346ppk & £1892. CM Smith, Park House Farm sold the lead grossing Native, also an Angus for 242ppk & £2011. Only 3 Cast Bulls forward for sale, the pick of the bunch was a Limousin weighing in at 1105kg, selling for 306ppk & £3381 sold by M Shepherd, Fulthorpe Farm.
Cast Cows – Top prices ppk 386 368 320 AC Simpson & Son. 380 270 P Tindale. 346 JV Hodgson & Son. 318 Rebecca Appleton. 316 310 284 256 Skelton Farming Ltd. 296 274 256 JG Forster & Partners. 294 M Liddell. 288 JR&JA Wharton. 288 East Oakley Agri Services. 286 P&CM Graham. 270 M Gallon. 268 258×2 JT Wilson. 260 J Bennison. 256 M Liddell. 256 AN Greenwell. 250 SN Bird & Sons. 248 PT Stephenson & Son.
Lead Grossing Cast Cows £3797 £2987 £2659 AC Simpson & Son. £2511 £1798 P Tindale. £2370 £1918 £1771 JG Forster & Partners. £2312 East Oakley Agri Services. £2277 £1996 £1984 £1704 £1685 £1677 Skelton Farming Ltd. £2238 Rebecca Appleton. £2011 CM Smith. £1915 J Bennison. £1892 JV Hodgson & Son. £1850 £1727 G Thompson & Sons. £1827 M Gallon. £1798 PT Stephenson & Son. £1784 P&CM Graham.
Cast Bulls – Top prices ppk 306 M Shepherd. 242 WA Nunn Farms. 232 SN Bird & Sons.
Lead Grossing Cast Bulls £3381 M Shepherd. £2210 SN Bird & Sons. £1304 WA Nunn Farms.
Today’s sale started with the genuine herd reduction of 12 Limousin Cows & Calves, forward by David & Joan Gallon, High Crows Farm – with ages ranging from 43 months to 14 years, all outfits were complete with outstanding stirks on them, and went on to sell to a top price of £4000 for a Heifer with a Heifer calf at foot, which was purchased by the Burns Brothers, Stamfordham. The overall average totalled a very pleasing £1604 per life. 2 Angus Cows & Calves sold to £2300 courtesy of B&L Robson, Gawen House.
Store Cattle – Trade very similar to last weeks, with no sign as yet of prices easing – A very mixed show of cattle forward, to a packed ring side of buyers.The top priced steer came from a superb run of 40 Limousin and British Blue cattle, sold by Cumbrian farmers JA&D Forster, Gillalees Farm, Brampton, the pair of British Blue’s went under the hammer for £2260, all told the consignment accomplished an overall average of £1860. Ian Cairns of Pesspool Hall sold the top priced store Heifer, an Angus for £2330, his pen of 5 cattle sold to a marvellous £2054. Unusually there was just the one pen of Store Bulls forward, 3 Continentals and one Angus courtesy of JK Gregory, Porch House Farm, they sold to a maximum of £1500, average £1455.
Cows & Calves £4000 £3800 £3600×2 £3500 £3150×2 £2900×2 £2850 £2700 £2350 M Gallon. £2300 £2050 B&L Robson.
Store Bulls £1500 £1490×2 £1340 JK Gregory.
Store Steers £2260×2 £2090×2 £2060×4 £1960 £1930×2 £1920 £1900×5 £1820×3 JA&D Forster. £2240 JS Foster & Son. £2040×2 R Valks. £2040 £1920 IW Cairns. £2000 JE Holliday & Son. £1980 J Davis. £1960 R Cairns. £1960 ER&GI Younger. £1960 GL&M Steel. £1920 £1850 W Wearmouth & Son. £1910 R Errington & Son. £1860 GS Bainbridge.
Store Heifers £2330 £2080 £1900 IW Cairns. £2080 £1980×2 £1880×2 £1820 £1800×4 £1750z3 JA&D Forster. £2060 £1980×2 W Wearmouth & Son. £1930×2 R Errington. £1930 GW&L Marsay. £1900 £1800 AP Taylor. £1760×2 £1480 R&W Todd. £1760 GS Bainbridge. £1750 GW&L Marsay. £1720 ER&GI Younger. £1710 £1690 JE Holliday & Son.
Rearing calves-
A mixed show of ages and breeds saw the rearing calves dearer and averaging £463. Top price of the day goes to a fantastic Inra95 heifer from Baysleap Dairy Farm Ltd making £770, with this home also having top priced Inra95 bulls to £710. British Blue heifers topped at £705 from JR&JA Wharton of Segbushwell, whilst British Blue bulls from H Gibb & Son, Eachwick Redhouse, reached £610. A Wilson & J Lawrence of Cowclose Farm, reached heights of £740 with Angus Bulls, whilst JL Miles & Sons of Little bridge Farm topped with Angus Heifers at £410. A terrific run of 4-week-old Simmental bulls topped at £530 from JE&MP Else, Grange Farm, and Charollais bulls reached £680 from Baysleap Dairy Farm Ltd. Herefords from A Wilson & J Lawrence topped at £700, whilst the same home topped the Friesian bulls at £480.
Bull calves:
Angus- £740 A Wilson & J Lawrence. £570 x2 H Gibb & Son. £510 M&RK Mckenzie. £460 JE&MP Else. £460 L James. £460 £450 x2 Kitchings of Summerfield. £450 JL Miles & Sons.
Inra95- £710 £690 £655 £650 £590 £560 £550 Baysleap Dairy Farm Ltd. £590 Kitchings of Summerfield. £590 £560 ML Farming.
Charollais- £680 Baysleap Dairy Farm Ltd.
British Blue- £610 £580 x2 £460 H Gibb & Son. £500 JE&MP Else. £400 M&RK Mckenzie.
Simmental- £530 £490 £480 x2 £470 x2 £460 x2 £450 £440 JE&MP Else.
Hereford- £530 £470 JE&MP Else. £520 A Wilson & J Lawrence.
Dairy Shorthorn- £440 JE&MP Else.
Friesian- £480 x2 A Wilson & J Lawrence. £280 JL Miles & Sons. £260 £235 £200 £190 £175 ML Farming. £180 Kitchings of Summerfield.
Heifer calves:
Inra95- £770 £620 £570 £550 £530 £500 £480 x2 Baysleap Dairy Farm Ltd. £475 Kitchings of Summerfield. £470 ML Farming.
British Blue- £705 £610 JR&JA Wharton. £400 JE&MP Else.
Hereford- £700 A Wilson & J Lawrence.
Charollais- £450 Baysleap Dairy Farm Ltd.
Angus- £410 JL Miles & Sons. £390 £370 x2 £350 Kitchings of Summerfield. £380 JE&MP Else.
Store Sheep-
Store lambs this week continue with the exceptional trade, with top price being £170 with a Beltex lamb from MR Cass, Beacon Farm. Texel lambs topped at £156 from F Watson, Beacon Hill, whilst Continental breeds reached £137 from RE Coatsworth, Wearview Farm. Suffolk lambs from F&A Gilchrist, Crime Rigg Farm, made £112.50 and Mule lambs from TH&M Noble, Pond Farm, reached £100.
A plain show of feeding ewes extremely dear, with Texels to £176 from J Swale & MJ Milner, Reg Cap Farm, whilst continental bred ewes reached £172 from CA&J Kipling, Stone Close, with the same home topping the mules at £150. Swaledale ewes to £104 from JD Heavisides, The Bungalow and Black Faced ewes from F Dixon & Sons, Blindburn, to £102.
Store Lambs:
Beltex – £170 £146 £133 £128×2 £126 MR Cass. £141 £140 £130 SP Coatsworth. £126 £122 £120×2 £118×2 RE Coatsworth.
Texel – £156 F Watson. £134 £128 JR&J Crowe. £129 £118 G I’Anson. £127 JW&B Firby. £125 £124 P&S Wood. £124 £116 R Bellwood. £123 C Longstaff. £122×2 DM&PM Nelson & Sons. £121 AG Williamson. £120 JD Heavisides. £120×2 J Swale & MJ Milner. £120 Petch Farms. £116 DE Stones. £115 AJ Addison.
Continental – £137 RE Coatsworth. £134 £130 RRC Andrew. £130 £128 D Watson. £129 J Swale & MJ Milner. £126 SP Coatsworth. £124 £120 KA&V Armstrong. £124 TH&M Noble. £122 YL Simmons. £121 RA Patterson & Son. £117 M Dent. £116 RE Coatsworth. £116 R Peart.
Feeding Ewes:
Blue Texel – £195 £168 Duell Partners.
Texel – £176 £158 £110 J Swale & MJ Milner. £162 £152 S Richardson. £142 £133 B Lowson. £140 G I’Anson. £112 GP&A Carter.
Continental – £172 £168 £150 CA&J Kipling. £158 £128 Petch Farms. £140 A Elliott. £134 Duell Partners. £128 Bowes Bros. £118 KM Sayer. £116 IW Cairns. £112 AW Sanderson. £110 M&E Burrell. £110RE&BJ Potter.
Mule – £150 £114 CA&J Kipling. £138 JD Heavisides. £128 J Swale & MJ Milner. £126 J&MJ Walton. £126 £100 Petch Farms. £120 A Elliott. £116 IW Cairns. £100 S Richardson. £98 Bowes Bros. £98 AG Williams. £96 M&E Burrell.
Swale – £104 JD Heavisides.
